Smelko Leaps to Second Place as Spartans Open Indoors

Feb 11, 2008

SELINSGROVE, PA – The York College women’s track and
field team captured eight top-15 individual finishes in
Friday’s Susquehanna Indoor Meet at Susquehanna University.

Sophomore Alaina Smelko (Punxstawney,
Pa./Punxstawney) grabbed the Spartans’ highest
finish of the day, earning second place in the triple jump with a
leap of 32’6.5”. Teammate Allyson Montello
(Adamstown, Md./Urbana) took eleventh in the event with a
length of 30’5”.

Montello’s 15’4.25” performance in the long
jump earned her a ninth place finish while junior Anna
Hershner (Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock) took ninth in the
pole vault with a height of 7’0.5”.

Freshman thrower Caitlin Mahan (Delran,
N.J./Delran) rounded out the field events for the Spartans
launching the shot put 28’4.5” to place fourteenth out
of 26 athletes.

On the track, freshman distance runner Claudia Hess
(Reinholds, Pa./Cocalico) logged the Spartans best
individual finish grabbing fourteenth in the 5,000 meters with a
time of 25:01.08. Laura Colantuono (Carlisle,
Pa./Cumberland Valley) finished one spot behind Hess with
a time of 25:57.14.

Melody Parshall’s (Dovers,
Pa./Homeschooled) 6:00.08 time in the one mile earned her
fifteenth out of 28 finishers.

The Spartans return to Susquehanna on Saturday, February 16 as
the indoor meet begins at 10:00 am.